New table, bay area (ca) folks, can you recommend?

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dhatcher

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Hi Everyone,
I'm new to posting here (been lurking for a while). My wife and I play in a couple of local APA divisions weekly and we're looking to upgrade our old sears table to something that can help us improve our skills for cue ball control. The table is going in our garage and we have enough room to fit a 9' (would be a bit of a squeeze but, it could work).

That being said, I'm not sure I need to go with a 9' table (play mostly 9ball, some 8ball and a very TEENY amount of 14.1 from time to time).

There is a local guy around the corner from our house who has been building tables for quite some time (35 years I think). His company is Admiral Pool Tables. I've been by his shop a couple of times now and he's a very nice guy, usually replaces the tips on our cues when we need them. Seems very knowledgable. That being said, we are a bit new to knowing what to look for and where to look for it.

Does anyone have recommendations for where/what we should go to look for as an upgrade to our lovely, plywood table? :)

Thank you all!
 
cant go wrong with a brunswick or olhausen, admiral pool tables seems to have a good rep,
and if you can afford it a diamond table would be best probably, due to the higest resale value and highly desired,

make sure to get quality aramith balls, a GOOD set aramith start at 100, and that will be fine,

and if your wondering about lighting, well just see what i have to offer

http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=418991
 
Just a quick reply, I went ahead and bit the bullet and put a down payment on a table with Dave over at Admiral Tables. I really like the table he has setup in his shop and I was able to customize ours to the look we wanted with a pretty nice cloth installed (championship tour edition 3030). He's got a good warranty on his tables and I feel good supporting a local business. I will take pics when it gets installed :)
 
Which brand/model?

I just put championship pro tour on my olhausen, it's as slippery and fast as billiard cloth right now!
 
beneath_the_sur said:
Which brand/model?

I just put championship pro tour on my olhausen, it's as slippery and fast as billiard cloth right now!
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I went with a custom table maker here in the bay area. It's going to be an 8ft, solid oak table with 1" slate and the tour edition cloth.

Can't wait for it but, I'll have to. Few orders ahead of us.
 
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